PrepTest 105, Section 3, Question 17
Despite the great differences among the cultures from(438 more words not shown)
According to the passage, the(6 more words not shown)
- Aexperiment with form(10 more words not shown)
- Badapt the forms(11 more words not shown)
- Ctransform the Spanish(8 more words not shown)
- Dalign Hispanic-American literature(6 more words not shown)
- Edepict the experiences(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Give voice to Hispanic people living in the United States. That's the nativist aim we're looking for. The unfamiliar label doesn't require a complicated answer: it refers to the focus on these people's lives, settings, and voices.
Working the answers
- A
Experimenting with form and style describes the outward-looking emphasis. Nativism isn't defined as displaying the range of literary achievement.
- B
This mixes the two approaches. Hispanic-American themes fit nativism, but adopting forms and styles from other literatures is the cosmopolitan tactic. A writer might combine them; that doesn't make the combination the definition of nativism.
- C
Any theme is much broader than the specific aim given here. The text focuses on Hispanic peoples in the United States, not transforming Spanish into a vehicle for every possible subject.
- D
Aligning with other literary movements looks outward. Nativism returns to the writers' own culture and people. Other North American literatures are mentioned, but they're connected with the other approach.
- ECorrect
This restates the first paragraph’s aims of portraying American life and expressing the experiences of its Hispanic communities (paragraph 1). Both the settings and the people's experiences fit.
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